The Immigrants Act of March 4th, 1929, Was Passed

Congress passed bleaze's bill, the emmigration act of march fourth, 19 29. The idea was to force mexican immigrants into authorized and monitored stream that could be turned on and off at ports of entry. Any immigrant who entered the united states outside of bounds of the stream would be a criminal subject to fines, imprisonment and ultimately deportation. Throughout the 19 thirties, mexicans made up at least 85 % of all emigration prisoners. And over the course of decade, somewhere around one million mexicans were deported from the united states.